Attachment for motor vehicles



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MMCHMENT FOR WIOYOR VEHICLES.

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Feb. 13, 1923..

G. C. SHINN. ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR vemcles.

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FILED AUG. 9,1919.

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ATTACHMENT IECPL MOTOR VEHICLES.

"Application filed hug-gust 9, 1919. Serial No..316,3 15.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, Gnomes (l. Swim, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing at Vancouver, in the county of Clarke and State of *Washrngton, have invented new and useful improvements in Attachments itor f t l l l -h th f 11 I .vocr e 110 Le, or n no .e .o ouin is a illl'l'lF; inventionrelates to attacl'mients for velncies and has for an obyect the provision of device, which may be easily and conveniently applied to a vehicle for the purpose of preventing skidding.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel form of attaching means, whereby the device may be secured to vehicles of different types, so as to permit of its being applied without the aid of a mechanic.

mounted out of contactwith the road, but

which may be quickly moved into such contact as soon as thevehiele begins to skid.

With the above and other ob ects in view,

a the invention consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to he hereinafter more fully described and illus trated in the accompanying drawings.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing the application of the invention, the vehicle being shown by dotted lines or the device shown lowered, or in position. for use by full lines and raised by dotted lines.

Figure 2is a plan view of the device.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. Y

Figure 4 is a similar view on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the pivot lever and the road gripping member.

Referring in detail to the drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figure 5 the invention is designed for application to motor operated vehicles of various types and designs, and as herein. shown comprises a hanger 10,

"formed of substantially tl-shaped metal adapted to be positioned over one of the side bars 11 of the vehicle frame. The hanger is of such length as to depend or extend downward below the bar 10 to a provide spaced arms 12, and is held against move ment with respect to the slde bar by means aligned openings of a bolt 13, which passes through spaced 14:, formed in the hanger, the opening being so arranged as to adapt the hanger to frames of diiierent sizes.

llivotally mounted upon. a belt or pin 15, for movement between the arms 12, is a lever 16, this lever extending upon each side of the hanger 10 and being bifurcated. at one end. to provide a fork 1T. Mounted for movement between the arms of the fork 1?, is a rotatable member in the form. of a wheel, 18, from the periphery of which project spurs or studs 19, so as to form the road gri 'iping member, which is adapted to dig into the surface of the road.

The member 18 is normally held from. contact with the road surface by means of a spring 20, one end of which is secured to the lever 16, as indicated at 21, while the opposite end is secured to the side bar 11, by means of a collar 22, which surrounds the said bar;

The opposite ends of the lever 16 has secured. therein a pin, which projects upon each side of the lever to form studs 23, and 1 these studs have secured thereto, a yoke 241-, which is connected to one end of a rod 25. The opposite end of this rod is connected to a similar yoke 26, which is carried by a foot pedal 27, the latter extending up through the floor of the car in convenient position for use by the driver of the vehicle. In addition to providing means for securing one end of the rod to the lever 16, the studs 23 provide a stop to limit the pivotal movement of the said lever in one direction and to prevent the member 18 from being moved to a position upon the opposite side of the hanger 10. The foot pedal 27 may be mount ed in any convenient manner. For eXample, it may be pivoted upon the emergency brake cross rod, as shown at 28, and held against sliding movement upon the said rod by means of stop collars 29, placed upon the rod.

1n the use of the device, the member 18 is normally held out of engagement with the road, as shonui by the dotted position in Figure 1. When the car begins to skid, a pressure of the foot upon the pedal 27 will bring the member 18 into contact with the road, when the spurs 16 will dig into the de-aile of construction 21111 the right is herel'QSOlW'Qd to n :e such changes as propefly i111 Within ehe scope of the appended claim. 7

Having d scribed the invention, what is eleh'ned is:

The celnhnmtion with a Vehicle, of a shaped hanger engage-able over one of the side bars of the vehicle f tune and depending below said have 1'0 provide downwardly (5-: Sending 0.1- means extending through.

said hanger and engaging the bar to hold the fol-121w in position. 21 lever PIV- etahy seenl'ed between the spaced arms, :1

lrznihed roi'utuhle member secured. m one end a eoihn: eny'egenble over the snle bar of The :nne for seenl'h'lg the opposite end 1? the splf'ng 1'0 nern'mhy huh] said 'rel'ni'nhle meinher from eeninbr with the mud and lnannaly operated means connected in the opposite end ef the lever i'm' nn'wing mid nienllm' into :en':w-i' with fhe '1': :1H 1.

In testinmn whereof l nfhr: my sig'nzzinnn GEORGE C. f HJNN. 

